The Eldian Hunter

Chapter 7

Reunion

Reunion: An Instance of two or more people coming together after a period of separation

"There's another land. One where people can control the Elements, just like in those Children's Books. I don't fully see nor understand it, but another Nation from over there, which correlates itself with Fire, is going to cause a Great War just like here. My successor will free both this land and their lands."

"What's your successor's name?" Tybur asked him.

"I don't know his name. I only know he'll avenge all those who had been suffering from the oppression of others. I'll just refer to him as….. The boy who sought freedom." the other man spoke, staring at the Sky and at the setting Sun out in the distance, hidden behind a few mountains, before looking back at the Tybur Royal.

"You must be wondering why I'm telling you all of this, even though I am your foe. I've seen it. Even though you have the titan's healing ability, you just sustained a very serious injury that won't be enough to save you from dying. You only have a few minutes left, you won't even have enough time to tell your Marleyan Compatriots or your Family about what I just told you. And these recent memories, they won't be unlocked by your immediate successor until much later, after many of your successors have come and died by the Curse, when it is finally too late for them to do anything with this information. I won't kill you, but I won't let you take away freedom. Farewell, Tybur." The other Man spoke before stepping back a bit into the gaping hole in his titan's Nape as he reentered it, causing the Titan's eye to start glowing once more as began to start moving once again as it stood up. Shooting the Crystal one last glance, where the Warhammer Titan's Holder was partially inside of it, he turned tail and began to run away towards the night, towards the Desert.

The Warhammer Titan Holder could only seethe in anger and fear as he began to feel his body begin to grow cold. A few minutes later, he saw some men on horseback with torches marching over to the Crystal. Knowing that they were Marleyan from their Uniform, he dissolved his Crystal as he knew what had to be done. As the Marleyans tried to lift him up and stop his bloody stump that used to be his entire lower body from his abdomen down from flowing more blood, he saw his nephew in the distance, the planned successor of the Warhammer Titan. From the faces of the Marleyans, the Warhammer shifter, and his nephew, they all knew that his time as the Warhammer was over and it was time for a new Holder of the Tybur's Titan.

As the Attack Titan ran throughout the night, he felt despair flowing through his veins. Not from the Marleyan forces or anything like that, but rather, from the Future he sees.

'Everything has changed, it's no longer just us, it's them too. This war isn't going to finish now, It's just begun. If the future is what I can see right now, then the other land, it wasn't supposed to be there, none of it was supposed to be there. Something changed everything.'

Annie felt her eyes slowly open up as she groaned out from the throbbing pain in her head. She felt her surroundings slowly move around in a dizzying way as she felt her head began to sway left and right, before eventually slumping down into the ground harshly, eliciting a pained grunt from the Blonde as she hit the floor of whatever she was in with her bruise. She let out another exasperated groan of annoyance as she felt herself being unable to move her arms nor her legs around. She scowled as she finally took a look at her surroundings, seeing the familiar saddle of the giant furry creature. She turned her head around sideways, only to realize that there was no one else in the Saddle other than her.

'Why can't I transform into my Titan? Neither could Jaeger. What the hell is this place?' Annie's mind rushed through many thoughts as she felt some steam coming out of her forehead, with her titan-healing repairing the bruise she had received. Even though her bruise wasn't hurting anymore, she was still getting a headache from all the unanswered questions she had.

'What are these creatures? How did those People control Fire and Water like that? What continent am I in?' Annie wondered as she snarled angrily underneath her clothed makeshift gag that prevented her from fully closing her mouth. She didn't even know where the rest of the group had gone, with no sign of them around her. The last thing she remembered was being tied up in the Corner of the Saddle, being forced to listen to what Jaeger and the rest of the group were saying, while they were seemingly floating in the Air atop of the flying Bison-like creature.

Using her elbows, she began to roll around back and forth until she had enough speed, and was able to prop herself up from the Saddle's edge, laying her head on the edge to be able to see what was outside of it. With her head barely poking outside of the Saddle, she still had enough of her sight to see what was outside. Her eyes slightly widened in surprise as to what was in front of her, far out in the distance. A large, Temple-like Structure, was sitting atop of a mountain. Before she had any chance to think of what was the Oriental-like Building that she was seeing, her thoughts were soon interrupted when she suddenly heard a loud crashing sound far out in the distance, with some dust visibly escaping from what appeared to be a Tower right at the top of the Temple Structure.

As Zuko turned around to confront the General in the Agni Kai, his mind rushed through many thoughts, some of them completely random while others were about all the current events, however, there was one thought that pointed out like a sore thumb. He still didn't understand who that green-eyed boy was whom he had clashed swords with, or what mechanism he had around his waist or what material his swords were made from that were able to shatter his broadswords after a few hits. There was something about the boy, who Zuko figured from his appearance, to be around the same age as him, that felt off about him, but the Prince still couldn't figure out what it was.

There was a mysterious aura surrounding the boy known as Eren that was driving Zuko insane. It was almost as if the Prince felt that the green-eyed boy didn't belong in the world. He just felt too foreign for him to originate from here. From his strange name to the sword technique to his appearance, it all just didn't make any sense for the Prince.

Not only did this confuse and intrigue the Prince, but it also let in a sliver of fear into his mind at what capabilities this new person had, especially as his enemy. As he held his hands in a Firebending position while staring at Zhao, he noticed that the Commander wasn't doing anything besides just look at him with a taunting grin. Realizing what the General wanted him to do, the Prince allowed himself to fall into the trap as he shot first, with a Fireball escaping from his extended fist. The Agni kai had officially begun at that moment.

Eren crashed violently into the ground, with a small groan of pain escaping his lips after being caught of guard with an Air gust that he failed to jump out in time. As he stood up, he felt his mind racing through many questions as he stared down at the bald monk who was attacking him with his abilities.

'How the hell are his eyes glowing like that?! Why does he speak with that voice, and why is he attacking me for no reason?!' Eren snarled as he dodged another air gust that almost threw him into a Statue.

"Why are you attacking me, you idiot?!" Eren roared at him as he stood up, with Aang a few meters in front of him.

"For everything you've done to this land, Titan." The distorted voice replied as the Airbender kept glaring at Eren.

"What the hell are you talking about? I just came here three days ago, and I saved your fucking life, you bastard."

"Don't lie, Titan. You know all too well what you've done here." Aang's distorted voice answered him again as he walked closer to the green-eyed boy.

"Aang, what the fuck have I done to you?" Eren asked him with a hint of threat in his tone, however, he wasn't responded to this time as Aang rushed forward to attack him, forcing Eren to use his ODM Gas to jump a few meters away. As Eren leapt away, Katara and Sokka were still too shocked by the sudden occurrence to do anything or even move.

"Katara, why is Aang attacking Eren?!" Sokka asked his sister nervously.

"I don't know, but we have to stop them!" Katara exclaimed as she began to run forward to stop the fight, only to be held back by a hand on her shoulder.

"No, wait! We can't just walk in there and expect them to listen to us, we have to make a plan." Sokka shouted at her.

"And what's your plan then?!" She snapped at Sokka.

Just as Sokka was about to answer his Sister's question, they suddenly heard some Swords unsheathing. Their eyes widened as they heard the noise and turned from looking to each other to looking at Eren, who was staring at Aang with the most hateful stare they had ever seen, however, what shocked them wasn't his glare, but rather, what he had just done.

Their eyes widened when they saw Eren holding his Blades in both of his hands as he lifted one up.

"You knew all along, didn't you?" Eren simply said as continued staring at Aang, who stood still, albeit still sporting his glare with his glowing eyes, as he began to slightly shake.

"What is he talking about?" Sokka whispered at Katara, who didn't answer from her confusion.

"That's why you brought me here, so you could kill me. This place was perfect for someone who can't use ODM Gear. You lied to me" Eren snarled at Aang as he began to take a few steps forward. At that point, Sokka began to walk towards the two combatants.

"Eren, what are you-"

"Shut up! You probably were in this too, weren't you?"

"Huh, what do you mean-"

"You all have been trying to kill me, haven't you? Is he with Annie?"

"Eren, we have no idea what's wrong with Aang, please believe us-" Katara tried to come to her Brother's support, only to be silenced by Eren's glare at her.

"You betrayed my trust, you made me think…." Eren stopped speaking as he stood still again, with his head down. The tension remained silent throughout the room for a few seconds as everyone watched in suspense at what was going to happen soon.

"Guys, can't we just all talk this one out-" Sokka tried to speak again as he began to move forward, only for Aang to snap his head towards him, with his eyes still glowing.

Before anyone had any chance to react, Aang lifted and pushed his hands forward, bringing forth a great gust of wind that pushed Sokka away with all of its strength, causing him to crash into a Statue, with a grunt of pain heard as Sokka slumped into the ground next to the Statue.
"Sokka!" Katara shouted in horror as she began to run towards her fallen brother. As she ran to her brother, she stopped in shock as she saw Aang staring at her with the same hateful face he had shown ever since he started attacking Eren. As fear coursed through her veins, she began to step away from the Aribender as he kept glaring at her direction. However, she saw a shadow zip through the Air behind the glowing Avatar. Before she recognized who it was, she heard someone scream.

"YOU FUCKING TRAITOR!" Eren screamed as he lunged for Aang, with his sword ready to strike down whatever was in front of Eren, catching everyone off guard, including even Aang, whose glowing eyes widening in surprise as he jumped back just as the sword slammed down into the ground.

'He betrayed me, that bastard. All this time, he made me think he was just some innocent kid who lost everything. That bastard was just waiting to get the perfect opportunity to kill me. Who is he working for? Is he the one who brought me to this place? I'm not gonna lose this time. I'm gonna kill him. I'M GONNA KILL HIM!' Eren snarled as he began to see his entire vision red as he stood up from the ground, right where he tried to strike down Aang.

"Aang, you fucking Liar. You lied to me about this, didn't you?!" Eren asked him angrily.

"Wait, guys, I think there's been some kind of miscommunication here-" Katara began to speak before getting interrupted.

"No there hasn't, Katara. Aang has already made his intention clear and on whose side he is." Eren snarled as he lunged and swiped his sword right where Aang had been just a second prior. As the Blade gashed the stone material, Aang had already prepared another Air Blast, however, he never expected to see Eren do a complete backflip as he threw a Blade mid-air towards the Airbender. The Younger Boy barely dodged the incoming Blade, which left a medium-sized gash across the right part of his clothes. Before he had a chance to register what had happened, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach as he felt himself fly through the Air and crash into a Statue after getting kicked by the Green-Eyed Boy with his leg.

"Katara, we have to do something! Aang's gone crazy and he's trying to kill Eren." Sokka weakly said as his Sister gently sat him up from the ground, causing him to wince slightly from a Pain in his lower back, a future bruise.

"I know, Sokka! I'm trying to think of something, alright?!" Katara nervously replied as the siblings nervously stared at the other two boys fighting each other.

Suddenly, she saw Eren lunge at Aang, who was still collapsed in the ground from the kick Eren gave him in his mid-section.

"You damn Traitor!" Eren roared as he used his ODM Gear to speed him up. Everyone's heart stopped as they saw Eren slicing his sword through the Air, right towards Aang's throat. Right when the sword was a foot away from it's desired target, a stone boulder emerged from the ground at lightning speed, right below Eren. Before anyone knew it, Eren crashed into the other side of the Wall at full speed, causing him to grunt loudly in pain and drop his swords.

"What the- did….did Aang just Earthbend?" Sokka asked, with disbelief visible in his eyes.

"No way…." Katara murmured as they silently stared at Aang, who stood up from the floor, with his eyes and arrows still glowing brighter than the Sun, and was glaring down at the Collapsed form of his Opponent, who was laying limp in the Ground on the other side of the room, clutching his stomach, that seemed to have a new red tint slowly spreading in the middle of his shirt.

"Aang, stop! You're gonna kill him!" Katara screamed at the Avatar, who seemed to have ignore as he kept moving forward towards Eren's downed figure, that was now beginning to slightly shake. After a few more footsteps, the Avatar stood in front of Eren.

"Prepare to meet your end, Devil. You'll no longer hurt anyone else ever again." Aang's distorted voice spoke once more. As Aang lifted his hand, a Boulder began to levitate from behind him and slowly came towards him.

"Wait, Aang, no!" Sokka shouted before he suddenly hunched down on the floor again, as he began coughing violently from the pain in his back. As Sokka began to recover and grab onto a nearby Statue, he felt Katara's grasp around his shoulders vanish as he saw her silhouette run towards the two combatants.

"Katara, no!" Sokka cried out as he tried to get up once again, before falling into the floor as he held his back in pain, groaning as he helplessly watched as his sister ran towards the Avatar and the Green-Eyed boy. Suddenly, within a second, everything turned bright as a loud ringing noise overtook Sokka's hearing for a few seconds. A flash of light exploded around the room, blinding Sokka's vision as he heard a few yelps and grunts of pain in the distance.

A few seconds after, Sokka opened his eyes to find his entire body covered in dust as the ringing in his ears kept sounding loudly as he realized he could hear anything else. He managed to see a limp figure laying in the ground. Coughing violently, he felt his mouth scream something, yet his ears didn't hear anything aside from the ringing noise. He forced himself to get up as he began to shakily make his way towards the figure. As he got closer, he managed to see that the figure had blue clothing, making his heart drop abruptly.

"Katara!" He shouted as he kneeled next to her form as he began to slightly shake her as he kept shouting her name, with the deafness slowly beginning to vanish as he started hearing his own voice once more. His breathing eased as he was responded to with a groan coming from the Girl's mouth.

"Sokka, what happened?" Katara weakly asked her older sibling as she began to sit up from the floor with some help from him.

"I dunno, I saw you running towards Eren and Aang, and I tried to go after you, but then that bright flash of li-" Sokka began to explain to her, but as soon as he mentioned the two other boys, Katara's eyes widened and she instantly stood and ran towards where the smoke was coming from.

"Katara, wait! It could be dangerous!" Sokka shouted as he immediately stood up, and despite the pain in his back, hobbled towards the way his sister went, only to stop when he saw her kneeling down next to an Orange clad figure, making Sokka scowl slightly.
"Katara, stay away from him! He's dangerous! Didn't you see how he attacked Eren for no reason?!" He shouted angrily.
"Sokka, I don't think he was in control." Katara answered as she felt Aang's pulse in his neck, letting out a sigh of relief shortly after. Suddenly, her eyes widened.

"Eren! Where is he?! He could be hurt!" She exclaimed as she turned around to the Wall, towards where she had last seen Eren.

"I'll go see where he is. You stay here. I'll be back." Sokka told her, earning a nod from her as he stood up and began to walk towards where the smoke was wearily.

"Eren! Can you hear me?" Sokka shouted as he walked closer towards the smoke while avoiding bumping into statues. He muttered a curse as soon as he caught a familiar smell that made him shiver.

"Smells like Soot. Just like the thing the Fire Nation Ships make." Sokka murmured to himself. He couldn't help but remember that smell from when the Fire Nation had attacked the Southern Water Tribe.

"Wait a second…"Sokka murmured to himself as he soon noticed that the ground appeared to be burnt completely, covered in black blotches.

"Hey, it looks like some kind of explosion happened here." Sokka informed his Sister, only earning an annoyed grunt in response.

"Of course an explosion happened, Sokka, haven't you seen all the Smoke and Dust? Stop wasting time and help me find Eren!" Katara barked at her brother.

"Why are you so pissed off? And why are you here? I told you to go check on Aang!"

"Maybe because two of our friends could be in grave danger right now and you're acting calmly?! And also, Aang's okay and doesn't have any injuries." Katara responded annoyedly.

"It's called keeping your cool, and you just met them like two days ago literally, like how can you call them friends?!" Sokka asked her.

"Look, Aang risked his life and turned himself in to stop those Fire Nation Soldiers from attacking the Village, while Eren also risked his life going into that ship to rescue Aang and fight off those Fire Soldiers, and didn't he also protect you from that Yellow-haired girl too?! How can you still not trust them?!"

"Hey, he didn't defend me from Anna, or whatever her name was, he just didn't want me to get the credit-" Sokka began to retort before feeling a sharp pain in his shoulder.

"Oww! Hey, why'd you punch me in the arm?!"

"Sokka, can you grow up already?! Didn't you see how horrifying their injuries looked after they fought?! We have to-" Katara began to rant before her mouth was suddenly covered by Sokka's right hand.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Katara asked confusedly. She turned her head around as she looked around the smoke for anything out of the ordinary. After a few seconds, she turned back towards her brother.

"Sokka, there's nothing here. It's just us and Aang." Katara reassured Sokka, however, his face was completely frozen, with sheer terror written all over his face as he stared into the Smoke.

"Sokka? Are you alright?"

"Katara….. What is that?" Sokka whispered quietly, almost fearfully.

"What's what?" Katara asked as she turned to see what Sokka was seeing within the smoke. As the smoke cleared out a few seconds later, Katara was finally able to see what had terrified Sokka so much in the smoke. Her eyes widened as her mouth gaped open in shock, her face full of horror too, but no sound came out of it either.

"What-what is that thing?"

A few meters in front of them, there was a large skinless face laying in the ground sideways. It lacked any skin, with only it's muscle remaining, with some parts of it's muscle showing the exposed bone underneath. It lacked any cheek muscles, causing it to fully show it's entire mouth, along with all of its rows of teeth that were in all random sizes and shapes, with some of them rounded, like a human's, while other teeth were shaped in a razor-shaped form, like a Predatory Animal's.

However, what horrified the Siblings more wasn't any of those features. It was the fact that it's large eyes, that were glowing green, with the exception of it's irises shining purple and some purple streaks going towards the eye's edges, were staring directly at them. They seemed full of lively rage, despite looking lifeless at the same time, as it glared at them with anger. It suddenly began to growl after a few moments of silence.

"How could anything be more important than keeping Humanity from being wiped out?"

-Eren Jaeger

I'm back. I did say I was going to finish this Story after all? Anyway, I had a busy time, so I wasn't able to have much free time, so sorry if this Chapter feels somewhat rushed. I'll see you all for the next update.

-TheOneAndTheOne